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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-400 · Orville, CA · May 2, 2010

Date: May 2, 2010 · 12:35 local
Place: Orville, CA
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N400WG
Reported as: Piper PA-24-400
Reported engine: Lycoming IO-720
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N400WGRegistered now · Piper PA-24-400S/N 26-104 · Built 1965 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-400 Engine modelLycoming IO-720 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On a day VFR pleasure flight with one passenger Mr. Wooldrige was landing his aircraft at oroville CA. During the landing roll out the nose gear collapsed damaging the propeller, nose gear system, belly skin and flap trailing edge. There were no injuries to the pilot and his one passenger and no property damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON A DAY VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH ONE PASSENGER MR. WOOLDRIGE WAS LANDING HIS AIRCRAFT AT OROVILLE CA. DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR SYSTEM, BELLY SKIN AND FLAP TRAILING EDGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE.